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I want so badly to like Radiolab, but honestly I feel like it's produced by ADHD'ers, for ADHD'ers. Hell, I feel like it gives me ADHD just listening.

• subcosmos 8y ago
  Doesn't this imply it's best for people who aren't ADHD? Wait, what are we talking about?
  • oliveshell 8y ago
    As somebody who has ADHD quite severely, I have never once in my life got distracted in the middle of a conversation. That’s not how it works, and I’m so goddamn sick of people making jokes like this about it. Everybody with ADHD is slightly different, but for me it’s more of a disconnect between future rewards and present internal motivation. It’s not an issue when I’m talking to somebody – – that shit is all in the present and I thrive in the moment. What I can’t do well at all is make my brain feel like a task is important, rewarding and worth doing if that reward will come far in the future.
    • subcosmos 8y ago
      I'm a lifelong sufferer myself, and so I like to jest.... forgive me What you say makes sense and matches the neurology. I find that maintaining my dopamine levels can be a challenge, and on the extreme end, definitely associated with fatigue severe enough to lose track in the middle of a conversation. Problems with the reward system and executive function are definitely part of the spectrum though! I identify with the symptoms you describe. Today I'm on wellbutrin for the first time, and Im finding it more effective than amphetamines, despite perhaps an increase in social awkwardness. YMMV